@Limewater@Pamela@pat4ever yeah! Mynoise rocks. They have an ios app, too (that i don’t quite love as much as the webpage). Lots of good sounds for sleep, and it can double as good scene-setting for tabletop roleplay

I have a brownish noise file that loops nicely IF you can find a device that loops seamlessly. For a while I used it with a cheap MP3 player plugged into a PC speaker, but since the player couldn’t loop gracefully — there was a short gap — I had to edit the file to fade in/out.

Nowadays I just use a fan. But I wonder if the music app on my iPad can loop properly — I know iTunes does on my Mac.

@Kidsandliz@pat4ever@TheFLP I also use a fan most of the time, but I bought a LectroFan for travel. The LectroFan runs on USB, so I also use it if the power goes out, running it off one of the batteries I bought here.

Google Home devices have access to Sleep Sounds. Just say “Hey Google, get Sleep Sounds”. For a listing of sound options say “Hey Google, what sounds can you make”. There are a few dozen options. I find brown noise the most effective for blocking out the mayhem of early morning traffic, letting me steal that last hour of sleep before I have to get up.

@Limewater See, I just paid once and get unlimited listening for as long as I like.

Srsly, if Google wants to listen to me snore, good on ‘em. They can have at it. Hasn’t been anything worth listening to going on in there for longer than I care to admit. And not looking like that’s changing anytime soon, so.

“Alexa, play ambient sounds babbling Brook, Alexa, sleep timer, two hours” currently Alexa doesn’t seem to allow setting a sleep timer inside routines otherwise I’d just have to say “Alexa, goodnight” edit: whoops, it does allow a sleep timer, I stopped using the routine because it was glitching, but I did have an extra task that might have caused that

There is an app in the play store. Called white noise I got it for free…it appears its .99cents now has over 40 sounds and a timer…for that reason alone I’m going to pass but I think that the meh deal tonite is a great deal…i use it all the time …these are a lot of fun and very hypnotic .the app has a skyline of 3 buildings and is blue if you decide to check it out just remembered I got 8t on Amazon free app of the day but it’s in Google play store now we’ll worth .99cents.enjoy

I want an app/recording that sounds like a clothes dryer. When I was a little kid, my mom used to find me asleep in the laundry room, listening to the dryer running. Audio of Schumann’s Resonance are close.

@macromeh Lots of parents would place a sleeping baby on top of a dryer as it was running. The vibration, noise, and heat helped to soothe the baby to sleep. Some parents even experimented with placing the baby IN the dryer. Results were less positive…

@jcdunn Sadly, I lost a childhood cat that way. In the same basement, my brother threw a Tupperware containers at me splitting the top of my head open which required 15 stitches and a lengthy explanation from my mother as the doctor found the story a little far-fetched.

For all those asking why not just stream sound noises via the internet, some people have data limits on phones and home internet. If I streamed ocean sounds for 8+ hours a night, every night, my data would be used up in days.

And yay! Finally! Something I need! Been looking to replace my sound machine for some time. Thanks Meh!

myNoise does not rely on audio streaming. The sound is dynamically generated by the browser. All the data required is loaded right before the sounds starts. Therefore, you can keep listening to a generator without worrying about your internet usage: there won’t be any, other than during the loading process (typ. 5-10MB).

Read the Walmart “reviews,” and no thanks. Aside from a few obviously fake 5☆ reviews, many buyers found the 8-second sound loops, complete with barking dogs and obviously fake sources, to be unpleasant. Might be good to run this gadget’s output through a huge amp and blast it at an annoyingly loud neighbor…